Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Last Corsair The Story of the Emden by Dan van der Vat Dan van der Vat. Daniel Francis Jeroen van der Vat (born 28 October 1939, Alkmaar, North Holland) is a journalist, writer and military historian, with a focus on naval history. [1] Van der Vat grew up in Nazi-German occupied Holland. He went to the Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School in London, and then was a student at St Cuthbert's Society, Durham University from 1957 to 1960, graduating with a BA in Classics. He then became a graduate trainee on The Journal, Newcastle upon Tyne, later joining the Daily Mail in Manchester and returning to Newcastle as its regional chief reporter. He was recruited by The Sunday Times in 1965 and transferred to The Times in 1967. He was a foreign correspondent for ten years, opening the southern Africa bureau before becoming bureau chief in Germany. He left in 1981 and joined The Guardian in 1982 as chief foreign leader-writer. He still writes obituaries for The Guardian. [1] ISBN 13: 9780586062654. The Last Corsair: The Story of the Emden (Panther Books) Van Der Vat, Dan. This specific ISBN edition is currently not available. The crew of the World War I German surface raider Emden had one of the greatest adventures in naval history. The outbreak of war found the Emden off the coast of British India. Under the command of Captain Karl von Muller, the Emden for three months seriously impeded British operations in the Indian Ocean. The Emden sank two warships and sixteen merchantmen, captured four colliers, shelled the harbor at Madras and raided Penang. In the end seventy-eight British ships were required to run her down. Even being captured left the gallant crew undaunted. Fifty crew members hijacked a schooner and sailed to the coast of Turkish-controlled Arabia. The crew fought its way through Lawrence's tribesmen to the Turkish railway at Jiddah and thence to Constantinople, where they reported for duty to the German naval attache, having conducted one of the most extraordinary operations of the war. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Released in 1985 and 1983, respectively, these volumes recount two of Germany's most remarkable naval stories. Corsair reveals the story of the ship Emdeni, which was the scourge of the Indian Ocean during World War I. Three countries sent a combined force of 78 ships to sink the vessel. When the ship was finally scuttled, the remaining officers and crew incredibly managed to steal another boat and make a getaway across the Red Sea, eventually returning home to Germany. The Ship That Changed the World was the Goeben, whose captain managed to elude British and French forces in order to bring Turkey into the war. Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. World War I From A to Z. Gentlemen of War: The Amazing Story of Captain Karl von Muller and the SMS Emden , by Dan van der Vat William Morrow and Company, Inc 1983 published in England first, as The Last Corsair 198 pages, plus 8 pages of photos, Sources, and index. Front Matter Gentlemen of War is a dramatic but strictly factual rendering of what is perhaps the most exciting naval adventure of World War I: the lone campaign of the German light cruiser SMS Emden against the British Empire in the Indian Ocean. For his research author Dan van der Vat went back to British and German naval records to uncover totally fresh information to support this account of how one raider without a base came to be hunted by seventy-eight British and Allied warships. The amazing feats of the Emden were accomplished in major part because of the genius of her captain, Karl von Müller, who became a hero at sea in the same way the Red Baron von Richthofen did in the air. Muller's valor was recognized not only in Germany and among neutral nations but also by the British themselves, who regarded him as the quintessence of "the gallant enemy." His ship swiftly turned into a legend whose aura was enhanced by the courtesy of its crew and by their skill in military piracy. When the Emden was finally overwhelmed by the huge odds against her, The Times and other British papers expressed relief that Müller had survived! But before her capture, the Emden wreaked havoc throughout the Indian Ocean, which, in naval terms, was supposed to be a British lake. Surviving on coal and provisions seized from enemy ships, the Emden delayed troop movements, sank two warships, held up twenty-one British merchantmen, sending sixteen to the bottom, abducted four colliers, shelled Madras, causing a huge oil fire, and made a daring hit-and-run raid on Penang. Nor does the story end with the Emden 's surrender. When the ship went to fight her last battle, fifty men under First Officer Hellmuth von Mücke were accidentally marooned on a remote island. Stealing a leaky little schooner, the castaways got home to Germany in the most remarkable evasion of the war. And almost equally startling is the exploit of Lieutenant Julius Lauterbach, who escaped across the East Indies, the Pacific, a still neutral United States and the Atlantic to receive a hero's welcome back in Germany. Table of Contents Acknowledgments Prologue: Direction Island, 9 November 1914 Part I: The War cruise of SMS Emdem 1. The Swan of the East 2. 'Fair to see and yet bound to die' 3. Farewell to the Squadron 4. Gentlemen-of-War 5. Madras, 22 September 1914 6. Thirteen unlucky ships 7. Penang, 28 October 1914 8. 'Strange ship in entrance' 9. The Battle of the Cocos Island. Part II: Escape to Germany 10. SMS Ayesha - the Kaiser's smallest warship 11. SS Choising to the rescue 12. The amazing adventures of Julius Lauterbach 13. In the hands of the Turkish ally 14. Through the British blockade 15. The Battle of the Dunes 16. The last evasion 17. 'For Germany' 18. Triumph in Constantinople. Part III: Glory and After 19. The later careers of the principle figures 20. Echoes. Epilogue: Emden , 17 December, 1980 A Note on sources Index. Photos --SS Emden --Captain Karl von Muller --First Officer Hellmuth von Mucke --Victim number 15: SS Clan Grant --HMAS Sydney -- Wreck of the Emden --Direction Island: the transmitter mast and two unidentified men --Ayesha --Unidentified crew members of Emden in Constantinople with unidentified officials and soldiers of that city. Bombardment of Madras. The Bombardment of Madras was an engagement of World War I, at Madras (Chennai), British India. The bombardment was initiated by the German light cruiser Emden at the start of the war in 1914. With Captain Karl von Müller in command, on the night of 22 September 1914, SMS Emden quietly approached the city of Madras on the southeastern coast of the Indian peninsula. After entering the Madras harbor area and observing for a moment, Müller gave the order to engage at 9:30 pm, Emden opened fire at 3000 yards on the several large oil tanks within the harbor which belonged to the Burmah Oil Company. Within the first 30 rounds, the oil tanks were in flames. After bombing the fuel tanks Emden moved onto a small merchant ship in harbor. The craft was quickly sunk by Emden ' s deck guns. The worst casualties experienced that night were from the merchant vessel, 26 of whose crew were injured. At least 5 of the sailors were killed on scene or died later of injuries. The city of Madras in 1909. The action lasted half an hour, until 10:00 pm, by which time the British shore batteries had begun to respond. However, Emden slipped away unscathed. In all, 125 shells were fired by the Germans. Although the raid did little damage, it was a severe blow to British morale and thousands of people fled the city. Madras was the only Indian city to come under attack by forces of the Central Powers during World War I. [1] The Last Corsair. The Story of the Eden. Returnable within 10 days for any reason, with notification. About the Seller. BookMine. About BookMine. Glossary Frequently Asked Questions. Glossary. Some terminology that may be used in this description includes: First Edition In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in. [more] octavo Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing. [more] jacket Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps. 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